The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-08
The Court.
TUESDAY.


The Court convened ut the usual hour
and tn" case against joel f.. Eth"idsc
was proceeded with. After the witnesses
pro and con were examined, and argu-
ments made by counsel. the jury rend-
erred a verdict Of not guilty.
The grand jury returned true bills
against the following parties: John w.
Fell-ohtaining money under false pre-
~tunccS. Wesley Hearst ana Nelson .lor-
dal.-srand larceny. David Gillian and
james Gilliam-aSsanlt and battery, with
intcut to kill. Jesse w. Hall--diSposing
OF property under false lien. Jerry
Zimmerman - larceny Of live stock.
Howard II. Morgan. abducting n maid
under sixteen years Of ag".
y, hill was found in the case of Fred
II. Hodges, charged with malicious in
jl:E 10 property.
The case Of the S,ste vs.. Wiley, Gray.
for stealing grain from the field. Was
thnn taken up. +. Is. Gary, Esp A.
rrarci for the defence. Mr.. Il. ~.
Crnmrr was the prosecutor. aud after
hearing the testimony the jury returned
a ~ver,iict of guilty.
After rcc.SS, the case OF Granville
Martin, Hampton Martin, nnl LymuS
p,ncknrv. jr., for resisting All officer. was
taken up. and the jury found a verdict
OF guilty. M.SsrS. B"n"t, Gary and
Graydon. attorneys for the prisoners.
gave notice Of Il ,uotion in arrest OF
Judgment and FOR n new trial, on the
grounds that there is no such offence
known to the avs Of ihis State, and
that if offence it was, the Indictment,
according to the facts. should have been
for an escape. The court then adj
journed.
WEDNESDAY.
On the opening Of the court the grand
Jury made their preSentmcnt and were
- discharged.
The case Of the State rs TYLER To
gan, Mary Logan, ana Gus Logan, for
ASSAULT and battery with intent to kill,
and assault and battery Of a high and
aggravated natur'. was then taken up.
The parties were all white, and were
defended by Ellis G. Graydon, Esq.
The jury found a verdict Of guilty on
the second count as to Tyler and Mary
Logan, with a recommendation to mercy,
and not guilty AS to Gus Logan. The
.dofendants were sentenced to two months
Imprisonment in tho county Jail.
Ida Hunter, charged with larceny from
tho field, was found not guilty, and she
NHS sen ol hCI "af ftJotCluS.
Henrietta Harris, charged with assault
an,i battery with intent to kill, appear cd
in court without a lawyer. and was con-
victed upon facts as proved.
THURSDAY.
Messrs. David and James Gillian were
put upon trial for assault and battery
with intent to kill, and after the viii
nesscs were examined the Solicitor con
scented to q verdict Of not gnil,y.
Dock Jones pleaded guilty o! obtain
ing goods under false prctenccs, and
asked the mercy OF the court.
The case Of the State vs.. Charlie
Williams and Lawrence Williams, for
larceny Of live stock, was sent hack to
Trial Justice Blake FOR trial.
Granville Martin and Hampton Martin
were again before the courtHand were
found guilty of selling property under
false lien. and the defendants attorneys
gave notice Of n motion fu- i new trial.
Jerry Zimmerman WAS acquitted bv
tho jury upon \ charge Of larceny OF
live stock.
Edmund Kennedy was next upon trial
for grsnd larceny. lie conducted his
own defence. and afforded murh amuSc-
ment to the court. He was Of course
found guilty.
The court tlien adjourned until next
morning.
The case against John W. Foil for
obtaining goods under false prctensrS
was taken up. Messrs. Benct and Smith
appeared for the defendant, After hear
ing the tostimony and arguments the
jury retired and failed to agree upon a
verdict. when the j Judge ordered q mis-
trial to be entered.
Howard II. Morgan was next pnt upon
his trial for %ahducting q maid under six
teen years Of age, and although Mr.. L..
w. Smith defended him vigorously, the
jury found him guilty. Mr.. Smith gave
notice Of a motion for a new trial, which
was heard and overruied.
The petit Jurors were then discharged.
Messrs. Benet, Gary and Graydon
then argued their motion in arrest Of
judgment in the case Of the Martins, for
resisting an officer. The Judge over
ruled the motion.
The scplrt then adjourned till next
day:
SATURDAY.
The only thing which was left for the
Court this morning was the sentencing
Of the pris ,ncrs, which was as follows:
Edmund Kennedy, W. years in State
penitcntisry.
Wiley Gray, six months in peniten-
tiary.
Howard H. Morgan. two years in PEN
itensiary, or pay a fine Of one hundred
dollars.